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Can sterile neutrinos explain the very high energy photons from GRB221009A?

Shu-Yuan Guo1,*, Maxim Khlopov2,†, Lei Wu3,‡, and Bin Zhu1,§

  • 1Department of Physics, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China
  • 2Virtual Institute of Astroparticle Physics, 75018 Paris, France, Institute of Physics, Southern Federal University, Stachki 194, Rostov on Don 344090, Russia, and Center for Cosmoparticle Physics Cosmion, National Research Nuclear University “MEPHI,” 115409 Moscow, Russia
  • 3Department of Physics and Institute of Theoretical Physics, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China

  • *Corresponding author: shyuanguo@ytu.edu.cn
  • †Corresponding author: khlopov@apc.in2p3.fr
  • ‡Corresponding author: leiwu@njnu.edu.cn
  • §Corresponding author: zhubin@mail.nankai.edu.cn
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Phys. Rev. D 108, L021302 – Published 14 July, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.108.L021302

Abstract

The LHAASO Collaboration has reported their observation of very high energy photons (Eγmax≃18  TeV) from the gamma-ray burst GRB221009A. The sterile neutrino that involves both mixing and a transition magnetic moment may be a viable explanation for these high energy photon events. However, we demonstrate that such a solution is strongly disfavored by the cosmic microwave background and big bang nucleosynthesis in standard cosmology.

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Phys. Rev. D 108, L021302– Published 14 July, 2023
  • Received 13 January 2023
  • Accepted 7 June 2023
  • Corrected 16 January 2024
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